Franklin D. Roosevelt carried North Carolina D+46.8.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Alf Landon (R) in North Carolina, 1936. North Carolina held 13 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 22.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+24.3 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Alf Landon (R)

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North Carolina result

839,435 votes counted

Electoral votes

13

Roosevelt (D)

616,141

73.4%

Landon (R)

223,294

26.6%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+46.8

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1936 presidential election

North Carolina, 1936

RooseveltD+46.8

How it voted

Share of the 1936 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	73.4%	616,141
Alf LandonRepublican	26.6%	223,294
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

100 counties, each filled by 1936 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1936 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1936

100 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+48.3%	11,025	3,847	14,872
Alexander County	D	+14.2%	3,262	2,451	5,713
Alleghany County	D	+22.0%	2,345	1,498	3,843
Anson County	D	+84.8%	4,629	381	5,010
Ashe County	D	+9.8%	5,552	4,557	10,109
Avery County	R	−56.0%	839	2,971	3,810
Beaufort County	D	+72.8%	6,133	964	7,097
Bertie County	D	+94.2%	3,828	115	3,943
Bladen County	D	+71.8%	3,360	551	3,911
Brunswick County	D	+25.0%	2,710	1,625	4,335
Buncombe County	D	+42.8%	23,646	9,470	33,116
Burke County	D	+15.0%	7,454	5,506	12,960
Cabarrus County	D	+62.6%	12,297	2,825	15,122
Caldwell County	D	+33.1%	6,809	3,421	10,230
Camden County	D	+79.2%	1,008	117	1,125
Carteret County	D	+33.4%	3,780	1,889	5,669
Caswell County	D	+84.7%	2,493	207	2,700
Catawba County	D	+26.6%	11,017	6,387	17,404
Chatham County	D	+33.4%	4,373	2,182	6,555
Cherokee County	D	+3.9%	3,473	3,214	6,687
Chowan County	D	+88.3%	1,550	96	1,646
Clay County	R	−6.5%	1,340	1,525	2,865
Cleveland County	D	+68.7%	11,393	2,116	13,509
Columbus County	D	+67.9%	6,359	1,214	7,573
Craven County	D	+84.9%	5,543	453	5,996
Cumberland County	D	+72.8%	6,505	1,024	7,529
Currituck County	D	+85.4%	1,625	128	1,753
Dare County	D	+43.9%	1,389	542	1,931
Davidson County	D	+17.2%	10,844	7,656	18,500
Davie County	R	−0.5%	2,476	2,502	4,978
Duplin County	D	+58.8%	5,966	1,546	7,512
Durham County	D	+70.8%	12,804	2,189	14,993
Edgecombe County	D	+92.3%	6,684	266	6,950
Forsyth County	D	+56.2%	18,734	5,256	23,990
Franklin County	D	+91.5%	5,209	231	5,440
Gaston County	D	+57.3%	17,555	4,772	22,327
Gates County	D	+84.1%	1,484	128	1,612
Graham County	D	+5.3%	1,473	1,325	2,798
Granville County	D	+91.7%	4,279	185	4,464
Greene County	D	+92.8%	3,097	116	3,213
Guilford County	D	+45.8%	25,579	9,514	35,093
Halifax County	D	+92.8%	8,230	308	8,538
Harnett County	D	+56.0%	8,018	2,264	10,282
Haywood County	D	+42.1%	8,175	3,331	11,506
Henderson County	D	+6.0%	5,747	5,099	10,846
Hertford County	D	+93.0%	2,327	84	2,411
Hoke County	D	+86.5%	1,953	141	2,094
Hyde County	D	+58.6%	1,157	302	1,459
Iredell County	D	+49.5%	11,308	3,817	15,125
Jackson County	D	+19.9%	4,580	3,061	7,641
Johnston County	D	+44.3%	11,253	4,339	15,592
Jones County	D	+78.5%	1,563	188	1,751
Lee County	D	+69.5%	3,723	670	4,393
Lenoir County	D	+88.7%	5,854	351	6,205
Lincoln County	D	+22.3%	5,515	3,501	9,016
Macon County	D	+12.9%	3,311	2,554	5,865
Madison County	R	−23.9%	3,133	5,099	8,232
Martin County	D	+95.2%	4,477	111	4,588
McDowell County	D	+26.4%	5,352	3,114	8,466
Mecklenburg County	D	+69.5%	26,169	4,709	30,878
Mitchell County	R	−33.4%	1,687	3,380	5,067
Montgomery County	D	+16.3%	3,484	2,506	5,990
Moore County	D	+28.6%	4,466	2,481	6,947
Nash County	D	+88.8%	8,682	517	9,199
New Hanover County	D	+69.9%	7,379	1,306	8,685
Northampton County	D	+94.4%	3,785	109	3,894
Onslow County	D	+84.3%	2,758	235	2,993
Orange County	D	+45.5%	3,860	1,446	5,306
Pamlico County	D	+30.8%	1,627	860	2,487
Pasquotank County	D	+81.7%	3,226	324	3,550
Pender County	D	+75.4%	2,379	333	2,712
Perquimans County	D	+71.5%	970	161	1,131
Person County	D	+76.6%	2,898	384	3,282
Pitt County	D	+93.4%	9,539	325	9,864
Polk County	D	+16.8%	2,521	1,794	4,315
Randolph County	D	+7.7%	8,090	6,927	15,017
Richmond County	D	+83.4%	6,709	607	7,316
Robeson County	D	+86.7%	10,280	732	11,012
Rockingham County	D	+63.7%	11,366	2,522	13,888
Rowan County	D	+49.7%	12,808	4,306	17,114
Rutherford County	D	+34.5%	9,911	4,830	14,741
Sampson County	D	+9.1%	5,937	4,948	10,885
Scotland County	D	+82.0%	3,183	314	3,497
Stanly County	D	+18.0%	6,505	4,523	11,028
Stokes County	D	+14.7%	4,384	3,259	7,643
Surry County	D	+29.9%	8,833	4,766	13,599
Swain County	D	+11.4%	2,619	2,084	4,703
Transylvania County	D	+17.4%	2,845	2,001	4,846
Tyrrell County	D	+55.1%	1,049	304	1,353
Union County	D	+85.1%	7,480	601	8,081
Vance County	D	+87.0%	4,536	315	4,851
Wake County	D	+78.0%	19,850	2,456	22,306
Warren County	D	+91.2%	3,047	140	3,187
Washington County	D	+55.6%	1,875	535	2,410
Watauga County	D	+6.5%	3,880	3,409	7,289
Wayne County	D	+60.4%	7,087	1,751	8,838
Wilkes County	R	−12.5%	6,506	8,358	14,864
Wilson County	D	+86.4%	7,522	549	8,071
Yadkin County	R	−13.4%	3,209	4,200	7,409
Yancey County	D	+14.5%	3,603	2,691	6,294